![]() ![]() ![]() Literary imitation is a time-honoured tradition, and one that was centre-stage for many centuries. Anyone who has ever reread a beloved novel understands the virtual irrelevance of surprise in the hands of a great stylist. To launch the project with perhaps the most obviously harmonious pairing, Joanna Trollope has rewritten Sense and Sensibility, bringing Facebook, iPods and premarital sex to Barton Cottage.Ī common complaint about contemporary recastings is the lack of suspense. Curtis Sittenfeld will be at Longbourn Val McDermid will recreate – and possibly amplify – Catherine Morland's feverish Gothic preoccupations in Northanger Abbey Alexander McCall Smith will take on Emma Persuasion and Mansfield Park are as yet unclaimed. T his week, HarperCollins launches The Austen Project, in which six bestselling authors have been commissioned to rewrite one of her completed works, new stories built upon the hallowed grounds of Austen's stately novels. ![]()
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